Spirit Airlines agreed to pay $8.25 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over its bag fees, attorneys for the plaintiffs disclosed Wednesday.
A group of first-time Spirit flyers who booked their trips through third-party travel sites between 2011-17 sued the airline in 2017, claiming that it did not disclose its bag fees and other extra fees appropriately.
The flyers said the budget airline’s surprise carry-on bag fees were intentionally hidden in an effort to gain profit.
I flew Spirit regularly for years. Even with the up front bag fees, they were still consistently cheaper in most cases. I could get a first class seat and full baggage service for less than economy on a major airline.
Now, if Spirit didn’t expose the baggage fees to customers booked through third parties, then demanded a king’s ransom at the baggage counter, that deserves a paddlin’.